Jewish Federation Honors Students For Volunteer Work

July 21, 1999|Laura Simon

More than two dozen students who collected toiletries for needy families as part of a community service project sponsored by the Jewish Education Commission of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County were recently honored for their work. Under the Jewish Civics Initiative program, the students took classes at local synagogues to learn about leadership. Then they took a trip to Washington, D.C., to learn how legislators make laws and volunteers assist needy families.

When the students returned, they created the community service project to help the homeless.

The goal of the program was to teach Jewish teens about civic responsibility, leadership and community service, based on traditional Jewish values. The result of the program was the students collected toiletries from high schools, temples and synagogues, separated the toiletries into almost 350 bags, and delivered them to the Salvation Army in West Palm Beach.